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Preferences for redistribution and international migration
Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2018
The Tiebout hypothesis suggests that people who migrate from more to less redistributive countries are more negative towards redistribution than non-migrants. However, differences between migrants' and non-migrants' redistributive preferences might also reflect self-interest. We present a model...
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Preferences for redistribution and international migration
Kauppinen, Ilpo; Poutvaara, Panu - 2020
Are migrants self-selected and sorted according to their views about what constitutes a fair level of redistribution? A major challenge in answering this question is that fairness concerns and self-interest are intertwined. We present a theoretical framework that allows us to test whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437549
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Educating Europe
Poutvaara, Panu - 2004
The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. The European Union could overcome this by allowing member states to institute graduate taxes or income-contingent loans, collected also from migrants. This paper presents calculations on how a...
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Educating Europe : presented at CESifo conference on "Migration and the Welfare State", November 2003
Poutvaara, Panu - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001949018
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Mobile internet access and the desire to emigrate
Adema, Joop; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2022
In this paper, we present theory and global evidence on how mobile internet access affects desire and plans to emigrate. Our theory predicts that mobile internet access increases desire and plans to emigrate. Our empirical analysis combines survey data on 617,402 individuals from 2,120...
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International family migration and the dual-earner model
Munk, Martin D.; Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2017
, and drops considerably after migration outside the Nordic countries. Pre-migration differences between couples … subsequently migrating to different destinations are small. Our survey reveals that couple migration is usually driven by the male …'s job opportunities. The results suggest that increasing international migration may reduce women’s career investments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615817
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International migration of couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our …-wide Danish administrative data from 1982 to 2010. We analyze migration decisions separately for couples in which men earned more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387783
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International migration of couples
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014
We present a theory on migration of dual-earner couples, and test it in the context of international migration. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388635
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International migration of couples : conference paper
Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014
We present theory on international migration of dual-earner couples, and test it using Danish register data. Our model … earnings of the secondary earner may go either way. The empirical analysis confirms that migration probability is always …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483819
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Family decision-making on international migration : conference paper
Nikolka, Till; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014
international migration. Our survey reached 582 respondents with a Danish partner who was the same as before emigration. We model … that family migration decisions are usually a shared preference, but that they are often driven to a larger extent by the …
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